#BCAEC5#BCAEC5

#BCAEC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.036 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC5
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, 9.29, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 13.55, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0241 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.036 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9515, 44.9949, 59.0766)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC5 #B7C5AE

analogous

#B0AEC5 #BCAEC5 #C5AEC2

triadic

#BCAEC5 #C5BCAE #AEC5BC

tetradic

#BCAEC5 #C5B0AE #B7C5AE #AEC2C5

square

#BCAEC5 #C5B0AE #B7C5AE #AEC2C5

split-complementary

#BCAEC5 #C2C5AE #AEC5B0

monochromatic

#816891 #9F8AAB #BCAEC5 #D9D2DF #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC5

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC5	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.036 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d6',
    500: '#bcaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec5;
$custom-light: #d0c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76979,
    "c": 0.03575,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC5

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9B4B6A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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